Tryouts

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning at 9:30, Evan had tryouts for baseball.  The term "tryout" is really a misnomer.  Every kid  makes it, it's just that all the coaches watch and that's how they end up drafting players.  I got up around 8 and got Evan ready to leave.  Rachel, who was up late coughing last night, stayed in bed and Noah stayed home with Rachel.

The tryouts consisted of around 10-15 kids per group scheduled each half hour.  Each kid had 5 pitches to hit and then had to run all the around to third.  From there, they had to play shortstop where they were thrown three ground balls and three pop-ups.  After each catch, they had to throw it to first base.  When Evan was on-deck, I smiled at him and gave him the thumbs-up.  His expression never changed. He was very focused.  Even though he was one of the youngest kids, he was the only one to hit each of the 5 pitches.  In the field, Evan wasn't as good catching the ball but made excellent throws to first base.  He really did well and I think he showed himself off well.

When we got home, Noah was in my bedroom with Rachel.  Rachel had just had a coughing fit and Noah went down and got Rachel a Sprite.  Noah can be very helpful.

Evan and Noah had a birthday party to go to.  Rachel is friends with the mom.  She was going to try to take the kids by herself since I have work to do, but I went with her because she didn't look that good.  We only stayed at the party for a little bit but I'm glad we went.

When we came home, neither boy wanted lunch.  I did work, while the boys played and Rachel laid down.  The boys did very well.  They didn't want tv or play the Wii at all.  They just played games they made up or went outside and played baseball.

I made dinner for the boys.  After that, Rachel came down so we could go to Blizzy's.  They are open, supposedly, until 8pm on Saturdays.  Rachel thought that the shaved ice would feel good to her.  Unfortunately, Blizzy's was closed - again.  They keep shrinking their hours.  So we drove over to Sweet Carolines.

We put the boys to bed and they are sleeping now.

Until next time...

Mason Threw Up + Evan's Valentine's Party

This morning before school we stopped at the post office to send some Valentine's cards.

Evan was very upset when I dropped him off for some reason, but his teachers told me he calmed down very quickly.

Evan's Valentine's Day party was at school today. I came during their lunch to help set up. Morry came for the party. Evan's class did a book exchange. Evan got Star Wars books. They also exchanged cards and made ice cream sundaes.

When I picked Noah up the first thing he said to me was, "Mason threw up today." I guess that was a big deal for the kids? They had a "field trip" to the mailboxes (just outside the school property) to mail some Valentine's cards. Noah told me Mason threw up outside while they were walking to the mailboxes. When Noah came in Evan's room and saw Morry, Noah immediately told Morry about Mason as well.

Gabby came at 4pm and I tutored.

Before I got home Morry called Jack/Zayde and Noah wanted to talk to him. Guess what the first thing was he said to him... "Mason threw up."

For dinner we had pulled pork I made in the crock pot. I combined 2 recipes and it was really good. First you rub the pork roast with some spices, add an onion, and ginger ale. We didn't have ginger ale. Morry told me once that ginger ale is just Coke and Sprite combined. So, I added a can of each. You cook on low for many hours. I did 7 hours. Then you remove the liquid, pull the pork apart, and then pour barbecue sauce over every thing and cook for another few hours. It was good and really easy.

After dinner we cleaned up. The boys helped clean up their rooms. We are having some of Evan's friends and their moms over in the afternoon tomorrow.

The boys had baths and are now in bed.

here are some pictures and a video from today.

Staying at Home

Noah had a fever last night and a slight one this morning, so we just stayed at home today. We didn’t do much, just played in the house.

Noah took a good nap while Evan played quietly in the game room.

When Morry got home we all went to Evan’s sports class. Usually he has class on Monday, but we have a few make up classes to schedule. The class today was for 4-6 year olds. Normally, he goes to the 3 to 4 year old group. Evan did great today. He seemed to enjoy being with the bigger kids. We are trying to decide whether to keep him in his original class or move him to this group.

When we got home we ate dinner. Morry and I ate burritos we made yesterday. The boys had sandwiches and veggies. Noah didn’t eat very much. His stomach was bothering him. We gave him some Sprite, which of course Evan wanted too. We split a Sprite between the two of them. Noah didn’t drink his.

We put the boys to bed a little while ago, but both are still awake.

Shopping

I yelled out our window at the barking dog this morning at 7:45am. I hope our neighbors heard us.

We did a lot of shopping this morning. We really needed to find some nice clothes for Evan and Noah for our Chicago trip in a couple of weeks.

The people that bought our old house just opened up a baby/toddler clothing store in our neighborhood so we went over there first. The store was very nice and they had some really cute, but expensive clothes there. We bought 2 long sleeved shirts for the boys and a bath toy for Evan. Just those few things cost us $60.

Then, we went over to Sports Authority. I had some running shoes to return. I got better ones a while ago at the San Marcos outlet and I needed to return the other ones. Next door was Marshall’s so we went in there and got a few cute clothes for Evan. We got Evan a sweater for $12, jeans for $12, and a shirt for $4. A few stores down from Marshall’s is Carter’s so we went in there as well. We got a ton of stuff at Carter’s. They had a whole clearance sections with shorts and t-shirts for $1.59 each. We bought many shorts, t-shirts, and a few other nice things for Noah there, as well as socks for both boys. We spent only $40 for all of that. What a deal!

When Evan was supposed to be napping we heard him yell through the monitor, “Daddy, where are you, Daddy?”

For dinner we went to Logan’s. It’s a good place for Evan. There’s a lot of food there he will eat. He loves the peanuts and the bread rolls. I think what he likes most about the peanuts is being able to throw the shells on the floor. I’ll put a video on Youtube of Evan eating/throwing peanuts at the restaurant. Look at the bottom of the page for it.

On our way home Evan told us he was cold. Since it wasn’t cold in the car I asked Evan if he was ok, if he was sick. He said, with a smile on his face, “Yes, I’m sick. I need Sprite.” He remembered that last time he was sick we let him drink Sprite. Anyway, I don’t think he is sick. He was acting fine tonight.

When we got home Morry and I decided to put the lion costume on Noah. It was Evan’s costume 2 years ago. We wanted to make sure it fit just in case we couldn’t find another costume for him. He looked really cute in it. Below are a few pictures.

Evan roaring at Noah

I was trying to keep Evan still so I could get a picture of him holding the Halloween card we got from Mike and Jen